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The site was identified as important in 2012 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes	NT	resident	-	present	A1
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	non-breeding	1974-2009	6,112 individuals	A1
Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus	VU	non-breeding	1974-2009	1,500 individuals	A1, A4ii
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata	LC	breeding	1974-2009	23,600 individuals	A4ii
Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus	NT	breeding	1974-2009	54,600 individuals	A4ii
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus	EN	resident	-	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Copalis	National Wildlife Refuge	<1
1907	Quillayute Needles	National Wildlife Refuge	<1
1940	Flattery Rocks	National Wildlife Refuge	<1
1970	Washington Islands	Wilderness	10
1994	Olympic Coast	National Marine Sanctuary	76

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Olympic Continental Shelf (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/olympic-continental-shelf-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.